Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere
Date	2024-08-27 18:45 -0700
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Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> writes:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:40:39 +0200, fir wrote:
>>
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> Somehow along the line from BCPL to B to C, one useful feature was
>>>> lost:  the ability to have a value-returning statement block inside an
>>>> expression.
>>>
>>> if so thats probably sad, though i dont know how it looked like
>>
>> The construct looks like
>>
>>     VALOF $( ...  <<stmts>>;  RESULTIS <<return-value>> $)
>
> So a la GNUC's statement-expressions?  I've heard talks that C2y is likely
> to be the revision that adds lambdas to C[1], so perhaps we'll get it back?
> over half a century later.
>
> ?
>
> [1]In addition to subsuming statement-expressions, this would also subsume
> multiple other extensions, particularly GCC's local functions and Clang's
> Blocks.

Not exactly.  There are things that can be done inside a
statement-expression that are not available inside nested
functions or lambdas.

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on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-20 18:48 +0200
  Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 14:03 -0300
    Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-20 19:18 +0200
      Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-20 19:21 +0200
      Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 14:34 -0300
        Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-20 22:18 +0200
    Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-21 04:42 +0000
      Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 08:17 -0300
        Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-08-21 13:34 +0100
          Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 10:01 -0300
            Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-21 16:54 +0300
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 11:21 -0300
        Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-22 08:40 +0000
          Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 02:21 -0700
            Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-08-22 11:29 +0100
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 11:12 -0700
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-08-22 18:37 +0000
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-08-23 00:39 +0100
          Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-08-22 11:00 +0100
            Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 08:10 -0300
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-22 17:06 +0000
            Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-23 12:47 +0200
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-08-23 12:25 +0100
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-23 13:32 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-23 17:57 +0200
  Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-21 03:30 +0000
    Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-08-21 09:19 +0100
      Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-08-21 10:11 +0100
    Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-25 12:40 +0200
      Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-27 06:52 +0000
        Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 10:46 +0200
          Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 11:03 +0200
            Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 11:08 +0200
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 11:47 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 11:52 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 13:56 +0200
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 20:04 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 20:44 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-08-27 19:59 +0100
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 21:36 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 22:02 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 23:42 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-02 03:32 +0000
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-09-02 10:53 +0100
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 04:54 +0000
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-09-03 06:12 +0000
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-09-03 12:20 +0300
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-27 21:09 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-29 09:24 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-29 09:37 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 04:56 +0000
        Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-27 12:28 +0000
          Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-08-27 18:45 -0700
            Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-27 19:23 -0700
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-08-28 15:28 +0100
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-08-28 08:37 -0700
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-08-28 08:22 -0700
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 13:06 -0700
              Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-08-28 09:31 -0700
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-08-28 19:39 +0200
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-08-28 14:34 -0400
                Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 13:06 -0700

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